2015 College Program at Crest Foods This summer, we welcomed 8 new employees as part of our College Program at Crest Foods. Through the col- lege program, Crest Foods pays the student’s in-district tuition to an Illinois community college in exchange for part-time, paid employment. Currently, students are spending three nights a week working on Crest’s second shift in production, while also working toward their degrees at Sauk Valley Community College, Kishwaukee Community College, Rock Valley Community College and Northern Illinois University. While students work part-time during the school year, they are also guaranteed full time employment during the summer months while they are active in the program. New to the program are: Ashley Talbert, Mackenzie Dewey, Bobby Larke, Yareli Tenorio, Ben Worthington, Jordan White, Mahali Granados-Ramirez and Jessica Thomas. Welcome to Crest! organization. Students explained that the R.A.C.E.S. shelter was started as a private operation about 25 years ago by Pete and Gloria Pascua. It is run solely on the Pascua’s income and donations from various people and organiza- tions. The shelter can house up to 50 people at a time and there are currently 12-15 residents there now, who ben- efit from the meals, shelter and counseling that the shelter offers. The amount of time students spent research ing and volunteering at R.A.C.E.S. was evident as we listened to them speak about the impact that the Pascua family had made on each of them. If they could raise enough money, the group’s plan was to paint the interior walls and build a new fence for the back yard. In addition to the money they won at Crest, these students have also been spending the last three months raising money for the shelter through different service groups at their school. After both presentations and a vote by Crest were complete, RTHS walked away with $3,000.00 for R.A.C.E.S., and AFC with $2,000.00 for Grain Bin Rescue Tube for the Ashton and Franklin Grove Fire Departments. Many thanks to the students and their respective schools for choosing to be involved with this program. By donating their time and talents, they have made a difference in someone else’s life and we hope that this might become a lesson learned that they will carry with them and practice for the rest of their lives.
Ashley Talbert
Mackenzie Dewey
Bobby Larke
Yareli Tenorio
Ben Worthington
Jordan White
Mahali Granados Ramirez
Jessica Thomas
The Great Blue Heron pictured has made our ponds at the West Warehouse facility his home. Whether poised at a river bend or cruising the coastline with slow, deep wing beats, the Great Blue Heron is a majestic sight. This stately heron with its subtle blue- gray plumage often stands motionless as it scans for prey or wades belly deep with long, deliberate steps. They may move slowly, but Great Blue Herons can strike like lightning to grab a fish or snap up a gopher. In flight, look for this widespread heron’s tucked-in neck and long legs trailing out behind. Much to the chagrin of many hom- eowners, the sight of a Great Blue Heron is not welcome as they decide to use the ponds in landscaping as their fishing grounds! (Picture by Joe Richardson, A-Shift Ing Whse)
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